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</style></head><body><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%"><tr /><td align="left" valign="top" width="32"><img align="left" border="0" height="32" src="images/rb-logo.png" width="32" /></td><td width="1">&#160;&#160;</td><td class="postheader" valign="center"><a href="../pyqt4ref.html"><font color="#004faf">Home</font></a>&#160;&#183; <a href="classes.html"><font color="#004faf">All Classes</font></a>&#160;&#183; <a href="modules.html"><font color="#004faf">Modules</font></a></td></table><h1 align="center">QDateEdit Class Reference<br /><sup><sup>[<a href="qtgui.html">QtGui</a> module]</sup></sup></h1><p>The QDateEdit class provides a widget for editing dates based on the <a href="qdatetimeedit.html">QDateTimeEdit</a> widget. <a href="#details">More...</a></p>
<p>Inherits <a href="qdatetimeedit.html">QDateTimeEdit</a>.</p><h3>Methods</h3><ul><li><div class="fn" /><b><a href="qdateedit.html#QDateEdit">__init__</a></b> (<i>self</i>, QWidget&#160;<i>parent</i>&#160;=&#160;None)</li><li><div class="fn" /><b><a href="qdateedit.html#QDateEdit-2">__init__</a></b> (<i>self</i>, QDate, QWidget&#160;<i>parent</i>&#160;=&#160;None)</li></ul><a name="details" /><hr /><h2>Detailed Description</h2><p>The QDateEdit class provides a widget for editing dates based on the <a href="qdatetimeedit.html">QDateTimeEdit</a> widget.</p>
<p>Many of the properties and functions provided by QDateEdit are implemented in <a href="qdatetimeedit.html">QDateTimeEdit</a>. The following properties are most relevant to users of this class:</p>
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<li><a href="qdatetimeedit.html#date-prop">date</a> holds the date displayed by the widget.</li>
<li><a href="qdatetimeedit.html#minimumDate-prop">minimumDate</a> defines the minimum (earliest) date that can be set by the user.</li>
<li><a href="qdatetimeedit.html#maximumDate-prop">maximumDate</a> defines the maximum (latest) date that can be set by the user.</li>
<li><a href="qdatetimeedit.html#displayFormat-prop">displayFormat</a> contains a string that is used to format the date displayed in the widget.</li>
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<tr class="odd" valign="top"><td><img alt="Screenshot of a Windows XP style date editing widget" src="images/windowsxp-dateedit.png" /></td><td>A date editing widget shown in the <a href="gallery-windowsxp.html">Windows XP widget style</a>.</td></tr>
<tr class="even" valign="top"><td><img alt="Screenshot of a Macintosh style date editing widget" src="images/macintosh-dateedit.png" /></td><td>A date editing widget shown in the <a href="gallery-macintosh.html">Macintosh widget style</a>.</td></tr>
<tr class="odd" valign="top"><td><img alt="Screenshot of a Plastique style date editing widget" src="images/plastique-dateedit.png" /></td><td>A date editing widget shown in the <a href="gallery-plastique.html">Plastique widget style</a>.</td></tr>
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<p>See also <a href="qtimeedit.html">QTimeEdit</a> and <a href="qdatetimeedit.html">QDateTimeEdit</a>.</p>
<hr /><h2>Method Documentation</h2><h3 class="fn"><a name="QDateEdit" />QDateEdit.__init__ (<i>self</i>, <a href="qwidget.html">QWidget</a>&#160;<i>parent</i>&#160;=&#160;None)</h3><p>The <i>parent</i> argument, if not None, causes <i>self</i> to be owned by Qt instead of PyQt.</p><p>Constructs an empty date editor with a <i>parent</i>.</p>
<h3 class="fn"><a name="QDateEdit-2" />QDateEdit.__init__ (<i>self</i>, <a href="qdate.html">QDate</a>, <a href="qwidget.html">QWidget</a>&#160;<i>parent</i>&#160;=&#160;None)</h3><p>The <i>parent</i> argument, if not None, causes <i>self</i> to be owned by Qt instead of PyQt.</p><p>Constructs an empty date editor with a <i>parent</i>. The date is set to <i>date</i>.</p>
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